Summer with the Pine Twins: Summer's Coming to an End

Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future: Part 3

Mabel's p.o.v.

"Sorry, Mabel my parents send me to music camp this time of year. There is no escape from music camp." "So neither of you are gonna be at my birthday party? And you won't be able to wish me goodbye at the end of the Summer?" I start to tear up and the two hug me with an apology. "We're sorry Mabel. Summer happened so fast," Grenda's phone rings, and she groans. "Marius now's not the time!" "I think I need to radio for emotional backup..." I mutter as I walk away and try yo talk to Dipper and (y/n) again. "Dipper, (y/n) please come in. Our party mission is going down in flames over..." I still received nothing but static.

(y/n)'s p.o.v.

We finally reach the storage facility and Dipper and I continue to look around in awe. Even though I had been down here many times before it felt like I was down here for the first time. "This is their storage facility, the place would've been heavily guarded but now everything's de-funked. Go ahead flip any switch, they've long been busted for millions of years," Ford tells us as we continue on, Dipper pressing a button a few times only for nothing to happen.

"The glue should be around here somewhere so keep your eyes peeled," Gram tells as we begin searching around when Ford asks "Kids let me ask you something, have you thought much about your future?" "No not really I mean beyond graduating high school with a high GPA so I can get accepted into a good technical college with photography and media production minor to start my own ghost hunting show," Dipper quickly responds and I give my answer which was something similar that let me do what I wanted and still be able to help Dipper with his dream. "It's like talking to younger versions of ourselves," Gram prompted with a smile and Ford nods before stating "If you're so sure about what you want out of life why wait? Why put up with the drudgery of school?"

I let out a chuckle as I tell him "Trust us, every kid would love to fast forward the whole thing but it's not like we have a choice." "Kids, Grace and I have been thinking and we're getting too old to investigate Gravity Falls on our own, we need to train an apprentice or two to help fight monsters, solve mysteries and protect this town and we'd like to keep it in the family," Dipper drops the plate he was holding as our eyes go wide.

"What are you saying?" Dipper asks and Ford pulls out the journal explaining further. "We've read your additions to our journal and we're impressed with both of your potential. What would the both of you say to staying in Gravity Falls after the Summer ends and becoming our apprentices?" "But school-" I start to say when Gram cuts me off stating "(y/n) both of us have twelve PhDs in different subjects, any parent or guardian would be thrilled to give you such an advanced education." "But there's also Mabel, she'd be all alone in California..." Dipper trails off and once again Gram reassures us. "Mabel will be fine on her own. She has a magnetic personality! I watched her become pen pals with the pizza delivery man in the 60 seconds he was at the door."

"Well it's not like I have anywhere else to go, Gravity Falls is my home and I want to stay," I say and they both give me a smile before we turn to Dipper who was scratching his head in thought. "We've never really been apart before..." "And isn't it suffocating? Dipper can you honestly tell me you never felt like you were meant for something more?" Ford asks him and he still gives us an unsure look. "I dunno, it sounds like a dream come true but I'm not sure I have what it takes. I was tricked by Bill, I was wrong about Stan's portal, heck I can't even operate this magnet gun right," Dipper argues when the magnet gun pulls a slap toward it to reveal the adhesive underneath it. "Ha, yes! Dipper you found the adhesive!" "I did?" He looks over the slab to see the purple substance. " You really did kid, huddle in guys, let's get a picture of this."

Just as we were setting up the photo we heard a strange sound, instantly catching our attention. "Uh, Grunkle Ford? You said everything down here is dead right?" "Yes unless somehow were-activated the..." He trails off, panic starting to lace his voice as he and Gram say "The security system!"